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Gregor Hlawacek Armin Gölzhäuser Editors

Helium Ion Microscopy

NanoScience and Technology Series editors Phaedon Avouris, Yorktown Heights, USA Bharat Bhushan, Columbus, USA Dieter Bimberg, Berlin, Germany Cun-Zheng Ning, Tempe, USA Klaus von Klitzing, Stuttgart, Germany Roland Wiesendanger, Hamburg, Germany

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Helium Ion Microscopy

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Editors Gregor Hlawacek Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf Dresden Germany

ISSN 1434-4904 NanoScience and Technology ISBN 978-3-319-41988-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41990-9

Armin Gölzhäuser Physics of Supramolecular Systems and Surfaces Bielefeld University Bielefeld Germany

ISSN 2197-7127

(electronic)

ISBN 978-3-319-41990-9

(eBook)

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Preface

Scientific research is often characterized by a combination of open questions and specific research tools that are designed to solve them. This interplay happens in both directions, and new scientific instruments can also bring attention to novel scientific questions, or can even define entire scientific period